Bologna GM Zanzi explains Ramirez sale to Southampton

Saints completed a club-record deal to bring in the Uruguayan after a protracted pursuit during the summer.

Zanzi told Tele Radio Stereo: "Ramirez knew that we would have sold him only with certain conditions. Such conditions happened only at the end of the market and so we had little time to act in the market.

"Despite the difficulties we were able to do a nice job by taking Gilardino.